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Talker's MagazineThe quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).

The AdvocateNo, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.

Media MattersDocumentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.

Orcinushome of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups

Hominid Views"People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.

Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.

Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."

The Moderate VoiceThe voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.

News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.

HistoryLinkFun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.

right-wing blogs we like

The Reagan WingHearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.

In reports kept under wraps until after the recent elections, anecdotal
researchers using new counterfactual technologies and fellacious
methodologies have turned up startling hearsay and volumes of
evidentiary spuriousness that point to both conclusions.

"The evidence is sophistic," says criminologist Dr. Edgar "Choch"
Manaña, of the University of Alabama. "The speciousness of these
reports is staggering."

We discovered the phenom when reading accounts of an interrogation
of Green River killer Gary Ridgway by erstwhile sheriff- now 8th
District Republican congressman- Dave Reichert.

Ridgway, a truck painter with an IQ of 82, who had sex with his victims after he killed them, told the sheriff he was a Republican and would support him if he ran for higher office.

While Republicans are typically in a somewhat higher IQ range
than Ridgway, Reichert was flattered and his Republican handlers saw an
opportunity to target new voters. Here was an inroad in the vote-rich
micro-constituencies of not only psychopathic killers, but also
necrophiliacs- a voting niche Republicans have been trying to crack
since discovering that their revered Sen. Strom Thurmond had married
three times though dead some 12 years.

Dennis Rader, Wichita's BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) Killer was elected
dog catcher on the Republican ticket and was active in the party.

Although a lowly bureacrat, he carried out his eponymous deeds with a vigor many described as entrepreneurial.

He was described by those who knew him as an authoritarian in the
"daddy state" mold of a Sam Brownback, a Dr. James Dobson or a Pam
Roach. He cited animal control violators without mercy; as Larry King
put it: he was a "letter of the law guy." Sound familiar?

The authoritarianism of GOP libertarians or punitive religious
conservatives can cause, according to the suppositious sociological
community, a condition called "libertarian sociopathy." Marked by
scornful, narcissistic, lack of compassion or empathy, its symptoms are
obvious in people like Dori Monson, Rush Limbaugh, or Michael Savage.

An admix of power, celebrity, free markets, privatization, and no
gun control, can sometimes go terribly wrong- and innocents can die.

Ted Bundy, the Tacoma boy renowned nationally for his sensational
and prolific stranglings was a campaign worker for Republican Governor
Dan Evans. A handsome law student, he cut quite a swath in the 1970's
Olympia GOP chablis and brie scene.

While schtupping smart, young, single, Republican women during the
week, he spent his quality time raping and strangling hippie chicks up
in Seattle on the weekends.

It was said in Olympia that Bundy was polite, responsible,
anti-union, and had the proper respect for private ownership, steel
manufacturers and his Republican girlfriends. But for those to whom he
felt superior, (and were potential Democrats) he repressed their votes
by way of strangulation.

What was it about Republicanism that attracted Ted Bundy? Was it the
sense of entitlement, ruthless independence and blind
self-righteousness? Was it the laissez faire of the Republican platform
gone so horribly wrong that free markets in his sick mind included the
innocent necks of young women?

Speaking of entitlement, the infamous Kevin Coe, Spokane's South
Hill rapist was the son of a conservative newspaper publisher, a bona
fide spoiled rich kid, certified psychopath, licensed realtor, and
self-described "pro-growth advocate." He and his parents were active
Republicans.

As far as anyone knows, Coe never murdered anybody. His MO was
brutally raping women while on his morning jog. Even after years in
prison, the truly unpleasant Coe has never admitted guilt or
acknowledged wrong-doing- a sociopathic pattern similar to members of
or apologists for such failed and/or criminal GOP administrations such
as those of Richard Nixon or George W. Bush.

Decrying "activist judges," his mother, Ruth Coe went to prison
after trying to hire a hit man to murder the judge who convicted her
son. She was arrested coming home from a Lincoln Day dinner.

We see evidence of this strange disorder as a Republican
administration is pulled down and exposed. The needless war; the
dismantling of social safety nets, the denigration of the judiciary,
the privatization rhetoric- it all dovetails into the pathology of the
Republican serial killer.

We're wondering where and when the next Bundy, or BTK will show his
deadly face. When will new killers, frustrated and enflamed over
liberal push-back and recent gains start a spree adding to the carnage?

We're against profiling, but screening Republicans might be a
prudent first step to stopping the killing. Responsible Republicans
would agree- profiling is an important law enforcement tool, surely if
they have nothing to hide, they'd gladly cooperate.

More entertaining, one-sided progressive liberal BS. Crime and corruption comes form BOTH sides of the aisle. I've got to admit, you've got me checking out your site almost daily and some of your far left blog(s) give me a early morning chuckle every once in a while. Hey, any gossip going on in the local radio world?

I suppose everyone has in their own grieving process, but haven't seen this one yet:

1.) A bunch of corrupt US ayatollahs you support take "a thumpin'" at the polls
2.) Shock
3.) Denial
4.) Blame everyone else except yourselves
5.) Wipe tears away and click on Blatherwatch
6.) Don't learn from history (doomed to repeat it)
7.) Run w/ Santorum in '08
8.) Get another thumpin'
(repeat as necessary)

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It was said in Olympia that Bundy was polite, responsible, anti-union, and had the proper respect for private ownership, steel manufacturers and his Republican girlfriends. But for those to whom he felt superior, (and were potential Democrats) he repressed their votes by way of strangulation.
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Too bad that felons and murderers can't vote or the Dems would have taken the House and Senate years ago. At least they have the illegal alien vote, the "can't read English so we need ballots in foreign language" vote, and the crybaby vote.

God Chris, somebody finally said it: blacks are on the sorry left side of the bell curve, and that's why they're natural Democrats the feel good party. We will never get their vote unless we dumb down the message and are willing to hand out free drinks and more welfare checks. I for one am not willing to do that. Nobody dares to talk about this but you and I know it is true.

Does this require of me that I must vote for Patty M in the next US senate race? As a loyal R, I do not wish to associate with even the reputations of such evil doers as bundy, ridgway,coe or any other scum.(not meant to leave open to a cheap shot at R's, so don't use it Freemont)

Cheap shot, Chux!
And shitling sez: "1 in 4 blacks are either on parole or in jail.
9 out of 10 blacks are democrats." Where are you getting your stats? One of three blacks is on death row and 9 of 10 blacks are WASPS! And, all black mothers (literally) are on welfare...in fact ONLY black motheres are on welfare. Get it right!

Ask, Michael. He'll tell you I like riddles. Although I often give hints in my answers . . .

Malvina was a teacher. Weeds? Never seen it. Right now this ADD-recuperating-from-a-week-of-parent conferences is cruising between KBSG and Mike Malloy-Thom Hartmann on line and and Billy Bragg live (once upon a time) on the Seattle Channel (doing a lot of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan stuff - my faves) and the Future of Conservatism on C-Span. What's winning out? Mostly Billy Bragg. Oh, and Burning Monkey MahJong on the computer.

And imbibing a bit of cabernet sauvignon which is making me chatty . . . anything else you want to know?

PS: "Weeds" is a fabulouis, hilarious series on Showtime about weed, pot, the Schedule 1 narcotic, marijuana. I scraped together enough (dollars, not pot, though there is a market) to subscribe to Netflix for a couple of months, so I could see the first season. Sorry for using your radi-yo blog, Bla'M, to plug a teevee show (and pot).

GREAT REPORT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE WHERE SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL SERIAL KILLERS COME BACK HOME IN FORIGN WARS WHERE THEY ARE MAD AT OUR GOVERMENT OR OTHERS POTENTIAL GOVERMENT. LOOK AT THE MUAHMOND GUY FROM SEATTLE THAT DID THE SHOOTINGS IN DC THIS GUY WAS WAY FAR RIGHT MILITARY AND KNEW WHAT HE COULD DO AND KNEW HOW TO GET AWAY WITH THINGS. I REALLY DO THINK THE RIGHT WING REDNECK PARTY HAS WAY TOO MANY RIGHTS IN THINKING THEY CAN TAKE LIVES OUT ANYTIME THEY WANT TOO BECAUSE OF ALL THESE PAST SERIAL KILLERS WE HAVE HAD . THANKS AND GREAT JOB WELL DONE

KVI am 570 KHz Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits.
Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.

KTTH am 770 KHzRight wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.